Monday, 12 September 2016

Proper news regarding Diablo
III have been few and far between lately, but the fans of the game have
obviously not given up on hearing something significant about the IP. Every
time there's a major industry event somewhere, rumors arise followed by
expectation and then - all too often - disappointment. That was exactly the
case at last month's Gamescom, which
came and went without having delivered a single digit of Diablo III-related
news. Granted though, Blizzard hadn't mentioned anything Diablo-related in the
run-up to Gamescom either.

The next such event on the
radar is Blizzcon, which is due to land on November 4 and 5. While Blizzard
have yet again kept mum about Diablo in regards to Blizzcon, the community is
once again full of hope thanks to a seemingly random exchange of tweets between
a fan and the official Blizzard Twitter account. The said fan had tweeted at
the official account that he hoped something big would be announced Diablo-wise
at Blizzcon, in response to which Blizzard tweeted out that "Blizzcon will
be really cool this year". That reply has been taken as a sure sign by
some Diablo fans that something big is in the works.

While announcements will definitely
be made at Blizzcon, they're far from guaranteed to be about Diablo at all.
Some say Blizzard will announce a sort of re-mastering of its old games like
Diablo II and Starcraft, but some hope that Diablo II will be remade using
current graphics-engines. A sequel reboot or an another Diablo III expansion is
also hoped for. Obviously, the idea of a Diablo IV announcement was floated as
well, but that is admittedly the least likely at this point.

Perhaps the most interesting
hypothesis is that Blizzard may announce a mobile Diablo version, something
that would indeed fit into the picture and would definitely be as
"big" as they come...

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